scholarly journals Introduction: elusive equalities – sex, gender and women

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 421-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Albertyn ◽  
Sandra Fredman ◽  
Judy Fudge
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Health ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Care Work ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals

Despite the fact that the Millennium Development Goals promised to achieve gender equality and maternal health by 2015, equality remains elusive for too many women. Indeed, austerity, the rise of fundamentalism and the continuing gendered division of labour, especially when it comes to socially necessary but unremunerated care work, have contributed to the increase in gendered inequalities in many areas of social life and in most regions of the world. There is a plenitude of international, transnational and national equality instruments and strategies at the same time as gendered inequality is increasing both within and between nations. These equality instruments and strategies have also had an uneven impact: some women benefit more than others. Moreover, if interpreted in a formal manner, equality can be achieved as much through levelling down men's employment opportunities as by elevating women's life chances.

13 The IMO: Gender Equality, the Promotion of Women in the Maritime Sector, and Global Ocean Governance

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tansey Pamela
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
Economic Viability ◽  
Developing Regions ◽  
Ocean Governance ◽  
The World ◽  
Promote Gender Equality ◽  
Development Goals

This chapter highlights the steps taken by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to promote gender equality in the maritime sector, in line with the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This is especially true of MDG 3, which stresses the need for governments to provide women with the skills and tools to bring about their own empowerment. In this way, women are able to provide for their families and generally to make positive, often vital, contributions to the economies of their countries. Employment in the shipping sector has been shown to provide women with access to a regular salary. This has a direct impact on the economic viability of the extended family structure, particularly in developing regions of the world.

scholarly journals THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGS) AND GLOBAL POVERTY: HAVE WE REALLY FAILED?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Adfin Rochmad Baidhowah
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Health ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Child Mortality ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Global Poverty ◽  
Development Goals

MDGs was implemented over the period 2000-2015 by the United Nations along with 189 members states to tackle several crucial issues, namely ‘extreme poverty and hunger, universal primary education, gender equality and woman empowerment, child mortality, maternal health, HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, environmental sustainability and globally developmental partnership’ (United Nations 2014). After 2015, the MDGs which was adopted by 189 members states was evaluated by comparing between the MDGs’ targets and its results. By using archival research data, this paper argues that the MDGs have not really failed in fighting against global poverty, because the MDGs showed a global willingness to alleviate numbers of poverty and the MDGs have achieved prominent improvement.

Good Governance, State Capacity, and the Millennium Development Goals

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 339-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devin Joshi
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
State Capacity ◽  
Statistical Correlations ◽  
Governance Indicators ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Per Capita

AbstractInternational development agencies argue that “good governance” is crucial to attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but there are many ways to define and measure good governance. The paper begins by examining the World Bank’s minimal state conception of governance and then proposes an alternative approach based on strengthening state capacity. The paper tests this framework by developing a provisional Millennium Governance Index (MGI) for 126 countries. In comparative empirical analysis, the MGI has noticeably higher statistical correlations than the World Bank’s governance indicators on six out of seven MDGs even after controlling for per capita income levels.

scholarly journals An Overview of Key Indicators of HMIS: Experiences with Haryana

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Tarun Bala
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Health ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Child Survival ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Important Goal ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
And Child Health

<div><p><em>Reducing maternal and child mortality is the most important goal of the National Rural Health Mission. Indian government has worked towards its commitment to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.  Huge investments are being made by Government of India to achieve these goals. A well framed roadmap is being developed for accelerating child survival and improving maternal health and 16 indicators is selected for this purpose. The improvement in these indicators shows the way towards the achievement of MDGs.  India has made considerable progress over the last few years since NRHM in the area of maternal and child health, which was further accelerated after introduction of RMNCHA+ () strategy which appropriately directs the states to focus their efforts on the most vulnerable and disadvantaged sections of the society in the country. Main focus is healthy mothers and child. It also emphasizes on the need to reinforce efforts in those poor performing districts that have already been identified as the high focus districts. ‘Continuum care’ is required to have equal focus on various life stages.  Improvement in these indicators provide an understanding the importance of ‘continuum of care’ to ensure equal focus on various life stages. Some low performing districts had shown an improvement over period of time in its RMNCHA+ indicators.</em></p></div>

scholarly journals Halfway up the highway: Can Nepal meet its Health Millennium Development Goals?

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (173) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhinav Vaidya ◽  
N Jha
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Poverty Trap ◽  
World Community ◽  
Central Focus ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Key Words Development ◽  
Development Goals

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are international objectives on poverty reduction adopted by the world community and provide the broad context for this revolution in thinking and practice. The MDGs place a central focus on public health, in recognition of the fact that improvements in public health are vital not only in their own right but also to break the poverty trap of the world's poorest economies. Nepal has been committed to achieving the MDGs since it endorsed the Millennium Declaration. As we have at present just passed the midway through the 15 years to MDGs deadline of 2015, this article reviews the status of Nepal in achieving the MDGs, the challenges it faces and whether it can achieve the MDGs by 2015.Key words: development, goals, health, millennium, Nepal

scholarly journals Basic Services for All in an Urbanizing World: GOLD III

2014 ◽  
pp. 178-179
Author(s):  
Claire Frost
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Local Democracy ◽  
Economic Uncertainty ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
Basic Services ◽  
Development Goals

Basic Services for All in an Urbanizing World is the third instalment in United Cities and Local Government’s (UCLG) flagship series of global reports on local democracy and decentralisation (GOLD III). In the context of rapid urbanisation, climate change and economic uncertainty the report is an impressive attempt to analyse local government’s role in the provision of basic services, the challenges they are facing, and make recommendations to improve local government’s ability to ensure access for all. Published in 2014, the report is well positioned to feed into the current debate on what will follow the UN Millennium Development Goals, and examines the role of local government in the provision of basic services across the world regions.

PREVENTION OF OBSTETRIC HAEMORRHAGE

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
SOHA SAID ◽  
MICHAEL GEARY
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Maternal Death ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Postpartum Haemorrhage ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Obstetric Haemorrhage ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Developed World

Obstetric haemorrhage has been recognised as a major cause of maternal death as long as physicians have studied and written about childbirth. Until the 20th century, however, little was possible in the way of effective treatment. Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is still a frequent cause of death in many parts of the world. Even in developing countries, it remains the 3rd biggest killer of women in childbirth, despite considerable advances in medical care in the last half-century. The modern management of PPH may include a team of anaesthetists, haematologists, vascular surgeons, gynaecologists and radiologists.1Clearly, this change represents an advance which has saved and will continue to save countless lives, not only in the developed world where such teamwork is routine, but also in developing nations that are desperately looking for ways to reduce maternal mortality as part of their efforts to comply with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by the year 2015.2

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